Regulation of the connexin 43 promoter in the brook trout testis: Role of the thyroid hormones and cAMP

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-118

  de Montgolfier, Benjamin ^a   Audet, Céline ^b   Cyr, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brook trout; Cellular communication; Connexin; Promoter sequence; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; SERTOLI CELL; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROUT;

EID: 78650311078     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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